Inserting machine



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IR'WIN S'. ROSENFELS, OF CHICAGO, LLINOS, SSIGNOR TO SEARS, ROEBUCK AND C0.,

O'F C-ICAGO, ILLINOIS, CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. y

insnnrino MACHINE.

amalgama aie@ iviay i, 192e.4 semi No. 557,700.

bringing .into association a plurality ot sepa-V rate inserts and Vfor depositing theniinto a catalog. lt is an yobject of the `invention to provide a machine arranged to select single inserts from a plurality. of. piles of inserts, for folding one oi the inserts about another, and .for feeding the associated inserts into a predetermined position to `he dropped into an open catalog.

Another object of the invention isto provide a machine in ivhichftivo inserts are fed into position,perpendicular to eachother,V

and in Whit-,hone of the inserts so .positioned is caused to act as Afolding:element r, lrniie for folding tlieother insert about yit,l

and also toprovide a machine. capable of quick and easy adjustmentto accommodate various kinds or sizes oit inserts. y

A. further object is to combine and corrclatea catalog-` inding` machine and an inserting machine and yto provide synchronous f mechanism for presenting catalogs in open position successively to the inserting inaehine and for depositing indefinite position in the catalogs successively laninsert or a group of inserts. y y i Ancillary objects Vand advantages of the inif'ontion ivillfbe made apparent frointlie following detailed description.

r.lleterring,to the drawings.forming .apart hereof. Figure '1, is a side elevation ot rthe inserting machine; shown in ycooperative relation to a catalog-binding ihachine,tlie latter being shown rather diagrainmaticallv. Fig. 2 is a plan vieiv ot Fig. il clamping jaivs tor holdingv the Ycatalog lillers ren'ioved and showing several catalogs in the making Yas they are conveyed past the inserting machine to receive inserts therefrom.

Fig. 3? is a longitudinal .vertical section.

through the inserting, machine proper. Figs. Il and 5 are respectively a side'V elevation and an end view thereof. Fig. 6 is sizes and kinds,A l have chosen to illus Vmeans tor-selecting suocessiveiiise handling ot" part.

a plan yView of the machine With the eiivelope magazine and appurtenant feeding mechanism removed, `this view being taken approximately on the line @-6 of Fig.. 3. Fig. 7 is a similar view in'A horizontal sec,- tion taken on the line 72;? oity Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a side elevational detail of the intermittently operated blank feeder;,Figi` 9 `is an end vien7 oit Fig. 8.V Fig. 10 is a transverse sectional detail taken on the line lO-.lO of Fig. 8. Fig. 'il is a vertical .sec-

tional detail taken on the line 11s-ll of' Fig. 9. Figs. 12 and 13 are respectively plan view of the topaiid undersides oi the continuously operated envelope feeder, the envelope magazine being omitted in Fig. 12. Fig. 14- is an end view of Fig. l2 on a slightly enlarged sca-le.` Fig. 15 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional detail takeny cn the line 15-15 of Fig-'14. 4Fig. 16 isa fragmentary detail vieiv of the main drivefsha'lt and parts thereon. including the hand-operated means used in adjusting the machine.

Fig. 17 is a diagrammatic if'icivillnstrating the manner in which the' .envelopes are fed to the blanks to fold the latter and cause the saine to be ted with the envelope enclosed therein. Fig. 1'8 an elevational vieu lool;- ing at the end of a catalog adjacent the haof: bindin illiisti'ating'tlie manner in which the inserts are received in the catalogs. v

Throughout the vieivs the saine` reference numerals.designate the same parts. c

. fllfliile myV invention may beeinbod' amachine for' handling inserts of vi herein a vmachine which is designedv tohandie tivo kinds oiPA inserts. to yvit, 'flat sheets oft such thickness as to be 'readily :toldahle and envelopes',V the machine l each source. of supply.' for bringing th inserts into association and for depo l 1g the pairs of associated'inserts succi si inr catalogs. 'Throughout the `following' def..

ser tion I. :vill 'refer to these rinserts as ijfblanlis and envelopes ll without anglrv intention ot limiting the. invention i' lai" styles oi, Furthermore, "the specificdescriptionolf y preferred embodiment ,ot the. invention, which is herein slioivn by Way of example. is intended only( for the purpose of imparting .an endenstandingr ot the invention..

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' the machine will be outlined. In Fig. 17 theV V envelope a, which is preferably 'self-ad? broadly speaking, andnot'as a limitation of the invention tothe particular ye-mbodiinernt disclosed. l be pointed out in'thc appended'claims.

Before proceedingwith the detai'ledxspeci` vfication of the machine reference is directed to Figs. 1, 2, A17 and 18 in connection with which the nature of the work perfcfinnedV by dressed for the convenience of the :customer receiving the firms V catalog, Yis fed to they `order bla-nk which yat the instant the en- `'i'elope'is moved into engagement therewith Vment with a stop 1'9Vupon a ward plate 20.

is lyingstationaryy and registered inengage- The blank Z) `having been fedupon the plate 20V by .the continuously operating feed belt 21 isf maintaine'drby the belt under light friction in close contact with the stop 19.

Y 'The envelope a: is fed: Y under considerable Y. friction by the continuously operating feed belts 22 and`23 on the pulleys 24 and 2,5. The

envelope. emerging from between ythelb'eltslis prevented from Vbeing deiiected'upon engagement with .the order blank b by a pair of guides'26 and 27 and projects fthe blank b at its intermediate portion down in between pulleys 28 and 29'. YThe -belt 21 passes 'over pulley-28 between it and thepulley 29. The

latter cooperates with thefbelt` 21 at the edge Vof and below the ward plate 2O to engage the proj ectedgpiortion of theo'rder blank with the envelope therein to vfeed vthe two together out to-be discharged upon the cover c ofa catalogV where it inally reposes between the cover and the filler d thereof as shown` in f Fig. 18.v

Y Y Y hemachine herein shown for binding the Y'catalogs'comprisesa filler conveyer and a f Vcoverkapplying means.v The former usually ycomprises an endless travelling conveyor with a'plurality of `filler-clamps c between the jaws fof which the fillers d Vare'held during the operations ofapplying adhesive to their backs and aliixing'the covers theref to. In Fig. 1 a clamp 'e is illustrated ywith a filler d between its jaws. The cover c not having been folded or broken as yet, lies in f y on, dueto static electricity. The traclrway distendedV relation with an edge projecting over and resting upon ,aV special traclrway l30V which I have provided andt which extends beneath the discharge chuteBl of the insert- Ving machine.k The chute lfprefe-rably con'- sists' of ysquarewwoodenVv bars placedy edge up which avoid the sticking ofthe inserts there- 30 is disposed at such anelevation relative to the catalogs .n on the f conveyer that the cover inclines downwardly from the track 30 to thek filler. In, thisway it is insured that as the inserts are dischargedV from the chute- 31 they will move tov the .-baseof lthe crotch- Vformedbetween the cover andtlieller vso,

thatk upon the subsequent folding of: ythe The scope of the invention willY kifieneee Vcover the inserts vwill be held securely be tween the cover and the filler substantially as-shown in Fig-.18.L Y f VThe inserting machine, shown in Fig. 1, is arranged to receive its Vpower kfrr'iinya sprocket onthedriven shaft 32 which p'refcr-V Y ably is a continuously rotating element of they catalog machine diagraininatically represented in this view. The4k inserting machine is thereby operated in synchronism with the Y catalog machine so that Vat the instant an Vinsert is discharged a catalog will be present@ ed beneath the chute toreceive the same.

VVit-h this preliminary description oflthe' general nature and functions "of the machine I will now proceed to a vmore detailed dcl scription.

l In the embodiment herein` disclosed thek main frame of the machine comprises two spaced Vside frames 33 and 34 joined o-n the ybottoni byk suitable cross pieces vsupported on'pedestals 35 and on ,the top by a; table front of a conveyer belt r4Orotatablymounted' onV pulleys 41 and 42. The pulley 41 is preferably adjustable outwardly 'with respect to the'Y pulley 42 as shown in order to talre up slack in the belt '40. y A stack of order blanks is adapted to be placed'upon the shelf 37 between a pair V'of laterally adjustable' ward edge of the latter may be elevated or lowered by adjustment of the screws 46.

" A, driven shaft y47 .is journalled in the frame andcairies a sprocket 48 over. which '36. A shelf or file 87 is supportedxatA one endY of the frame upon brackets 38 and is sustained by a prop 39k in tilted relation in Vim runs adrive chain 49 driven from a sprocket on the shaft 32 of the catalogmachine'. rhe shaft 47 carries a spur gear. 50.meshing with a'pinion 51 for driving affeed belt pulley. Aspur gear ineshing with the pinion 51 serves to. drive large feed rollers j 54 riding underspring pressure preferably uponthe feed belts 2li passing over the `pulleys52. The feed belts 21, ofwhich ythere are preferably four, pass' overgend pulleys 5,6`an'd between the intermediate pulleys 28 and 29. The latte-r varel preferably Ldriven through gearsy 59 and 60, the former of which meshes with the spur'gear V50- and thelatter with aA gear 6l .for drive ing the pulleys 28, the gear 61 in turn Y meshing with al gear 62 to drive the pulleysV 29. The tension of the belts 21 is arranged to be inaintaini-id practically constant by passing the rollers 54 the blank is movedby slight friction with the belt beneaththe horizontal leg ofthe guides'26T-and'y over clips 65. The "clips andthe guidestogether i. prevent crinkling kof thek blanks asit'hey'are fed. After passing the pulleys 28 fthe blank enters'upon the ward plate' 20, the forward edge of which is curvedto the contour of the pulleys 29 to insure the proper entry of the leading edge of the-blank upon the plate between it and the horizontal'leg of the guides 27. The plate20 is preferably supported at itsforward end: by brackets on the sidesy of ithe frame asshown and at itsrearward end is supported by tongues entering slots inthe stop 19 to permitadjustment of the 'stop relative thereto."y The j to stop 19 is provided by a rod carried by heads 66 whichV are longitudinally adjustable on theV parallel bars 67 and arranged to be set by screws 68.- The blank under the action of the belts 21 continues to move forwardly until it engages the stop 19 whereupon it remains'stationaryY in registering contact therewith to await the arrival of an envelope t from the magazine 69.

The .meansy for intermittently operating the feed roller y44 is preferably cfa wellknown type driven from a 'crank disk 70 on the driven shaft 47. Y The disk'70 has formed inthe face vthereof a diametrical slot 71. A rod""72"h`as its inner yend adjustably secured in the slot 71 in order to permit of a variation inthe stroke ofthe rod for a purpose presentlyv to appear.- `The rod) 72" at its outer end.V carries a slotted yoke 73 intheone side "offwhich ispro-v vided a rack 74. )The yokeV 73 is 'mounted' 7 7 rotatably mounted on the shaft 7 8 .which drives the feed roller 44.' The outerfend of the shaft 7S carries 'af'iatchet79 made rigid therewith by means ofa key 80. The

ratchet 79 ris connected so as to be operatedy through an are in yeach revolution of the pawl 81V pivotally mountedo'n astudprojecting from an oifset portion on'fthewol" lar 77. Thepawl 81 swings with thejcot f of the crankf'is adjusted in yor out'in the tween the roller and the belt.

y and 42forithef'1belt 40. disk 70. The coimectionfis afforded by'ai slot 71;7the extent'ofreciprocationiofi they yokel is correspondingly decreased 4for in-y creasethy thereby effecting lmovement yof the shaftv 78 and hence the Yfeed -f roller '44 through a correspondingly smaller or greater arc. The yfeed roller` 44 is given Vapproximatelyoneturn uponieach reciproca- `tio'nof the' yoke 73 andserves to pick olf' f theftopmostiblank from thestack. The blank as it is fed olf between the roller 44 and the belt 40f causes the latter to turn also due to the 'increased frictional `en fgagement therewith by theroller^44 result- Y ing from-'the interposition lof a blank be- In the event two blanks should move beneath the roller 44 yat o1ice,`only`the topniost isf removed in a Well-known manner. rThis 'operationf ofthe ybelt serves in a measure also to advance the topmost blanks of the stack jto the feed roller 44 so that they lin turn' are picked off y'insubsequent operations. The tilting of the shelf"37 ofcourse, serves prineipallyin vadvancing the blanks toward the feeding means.

ln the operation of the feedjroller 44 and the belt 40, especiallyv where the machineis operated at comparatively high speeds', the f momentum gathered by the roller 44 and its appurtenant operating elements and the pulleys 41 and 42 with the belt 40, 'would tend to impel `these parts toward continued operation aftera blankhad been fed softhat' in feed roller 44.-'V fTheother; brake is pivotally supported'upon the Aframe andengages a *friction collar88 on the shaft 89`wlrich'car--v 'the brakes 82 is pivotally supported uponra bracket 86 secured upon-the frame and its jaws cooperate with a friction collar'V 87 Vkeyed Vupon the shaft 78 which carries the.

riesthe p`ulley'42;Vv Atthe'end ofajreci'procationof thevyoke 73 these elements 'are brought practically in an instant to a standstill`,fdue;to the drag placed uponV the operav vtien ofthe feedroller'44 and the pulleys-41 The envelope magazine 69 may be'ofvany suitable form; forholding'a verticalstack of envelopes flap down jupon Vthe table 36.

'Herein theinagazine is shown as made of an Aangle* iron frame. having four corner "posts rwhich, if desired, may be adjustableto Aac- 'coinmodate different sizes of envelopes. They `table 36 as is "mostvclearly' shown in vrligs.Y

12 and 13 has Va cut-'away middle portion'at upright n.0rtQ11s-90. @fthe'iramel .The table.

tsffbrward sed ,Where itv fastened-.t0 this 36] is vrecessed asat 91 adjacent the cut-.away portion, .desig1 iatedi 92,150 receive the flap, of the lowermostfenvelopel:in the stack v carried in the inagazine6911.` 'Ierininating inthe rief oessedfpo-,rtionsQlare @han-nelsforgroovesf93 "1n which are reoiproeable apair oflfingers S34-the forward ends of vwhichasshown-in -Fig.r15[are v.anranged to engage thejfsaid lowerfinost envelope byentering between the body ofthe envelope and thelap a. thereofv whereby to, inove theenvelope from beneath i .the .s taekY out between the feed belts-.22 and 23 passing over'rthepulley 95H1@ .95@ The fingers 9i .here Connection with ersms .97 slidable between Cleats;y 9 7 on the underside 'of the ytable 36. vrlhe connection consists of screws 9 8 operating in slots 9 9 vwhich are'cut longitudinally inthe channels .93 in the tableV jecting the envelopes one atja .time from be-y neath' the stack in theinagazine A60.y An en-y velope as it engagesbetweenzthebelts, 2 2 and 23 isV direetedalong ay new ooursefvertically downwardly past afpulley 1 07 over-which lthe belt 23 is madetopass. A pair` of lower end pulleys 24 and25 *fortherbelts2-2andl 23, respeotively, arel driven in turnV to .transmit driving effort to the belts, by nieansgof gear 60y which meshes withfagear 110 driving the Vpulley2ft, a Vsimilar gear 111 beingg arranged v` ing with thegear ll'transinitsthedriving force from thegear'll-O of the pulley Le for the pulley 25inthezopposite direction tothe pulley 2 4. An vinterinediate gear 112,1nesh4 d1ivingtl ie pulley 95.; It will Vbeobserved thatthe pulleys 96 and-lOZare. not driven Vpositively but idly withthe `belts 23 because of the Gloss. .frstsnel engagement between VYthe vvertice-1 less 0f .the guides 26 slid- 27.,

.thelbelts 22.8116@ 23,'tzhe belts 2 8 being,how.-

ever, driven as aforesaid by the pulleys.

vided `mounted in arms .pivotally.seoinedon the shafts 1.1.2 in the upli-ghtrbrtitons:90 0f Ythe frame The snrslbps'psssligfdewnr Wsrdly between the belts .22 and. 23 passes the pullsys and 25r and enters between As thev leading-edge of theenvelop'e emerges 1 from `betweentlfle guides, it engages blank .65. lying inengageinent with the stop,1 9, vand beingdriven with considerable. friction by f Ylawines tbsbslts. the.envelope-forcestbeintsrmsate f portion of the-blank downwardly past the edge of thefplat@` between the pulleys 2 8 and y20. The Ypulleys `29 being in close frictional Contact with thebelts21 engage the projectedfportion of ,the blank with the envelope therein and draw the twotogether downwardly at `the saine time oompletingthe fold in the blank initiated by the envelope; The-belts 2 1 passingbetween; the pulleys 28 and 29-1Inake V'an abrupt right-handV turn whieh insures the best possiblepressingfoi" the old .of; the blank so that when the :blank I with theenvelope enclosed there-in emerges frombeneath thefroller 29, being conveyed upon thefbelts 2li', there will be little tendency with the envelope therein may be regarded as aunitra'sit isdisoharfged down the chute 31 into the.e ata'l c g.l A guidell supported on-bljoeks 1,16 from ythe s idesoi` the! frame further insures Vagainst .thev unfolding of the V for theblanktounfold.Y fIn aetftheblank blank astheilatterpa-sses inallybeneath a setofwro'llers 117 operating on thebelts 21 l over VLthe` pulleys 5 6.` The rollers 117 are suitably .mounted on a shat'117 journalled in .brackets 118-swingable onthe sides of the trarne.y f An Vin terinediafte traction roller 119 supported from' the blocks Y116 :on .leaf springs 120. serve/to insure the passage-of the `blankand envelope togetherout under the rollers 117A and down Ythe' chute 31;.

r In adapt-ing vthe machineto use -in con-- yi'iection with di'ierent. sizes of order blanks and diiaierent sizes; oi'. envelopes adjust?.

nient necessarily is,VY` inade` of the bla-nk Vfeeding vand envelope Afeeding means. ln

making these adjustments V it isf necessary to turn the inaehineover byliand in order to vascertain whether the adjust-ments have been properly inade.' As shown .in Eig. V16 I prefer toprovide in connection with the driven kshaft 4f( and thedriven sproeketAS ay hand Wheel .rigid with the shaft and arranged of driving frelationf'with the sprocket 481 byV vineansofshift iingers 122 or other suitable means. ThesprooketMlS being eontinuonsly operated Vfrom ftheoatalog' machine is 'free torotate upon the driven shaft land com- .1

' inunicates power `thereto only Vupon the cooperation ofV Clutch teeth `when :the clutch collar is in ovedv in theusual manner by the Operator pressing: a tresdlsi (not shown),

*The hand .Wheel 1211's .will be ssen is readily to beoperated when the clutch collar 122. i

splined on the driven shaftt is moved fout.

engagedifrointhesident Athe machine 'and isofjsuliicient.diaineter'-to enable the -operatorto-zturn thezrnachineover with. conipaiga- '25 tively little eXerti-on. v Y j While Lhevs herein' disclosed tbs Preconsiderable! partieularity for the f sake.V o- 'clearnjess, it will beunderstood that,V the `invention isV not limited `to the einbodifmnt 130l herein disclosed since various adaptations and modifications of the invention will naturally occur to persons skilled in this art. In the appended claims it is therefore the endeavor to include all such legitimate modilications and adaptations as fall within the scope of the invention. g

I claim as my invention:

l. The combination in a catalog handling mechanism of means for securing catalog fillers in covers adapted to hold said fillers upon the covers before the latter are folded or pressed, and means forl feeding inserts onto said covers whereby when said covers are folded said inserts are heid in between the covers and the fillers'.

2. The combination in a catalog handling mechanism of means for feeding inserts in collected groups to be discharged at a certain point, means for feeding catalogs past said point, said catalogs being only partially completed with the cover thereof not folded or pressed and projecting inclined toward the filler forming a crotch therewith, said inserts being adapted to be discharged on said cover whereby the same move down by gravity snugly in the bottom of the crotch to be held securely between the fillers and the cover upon folding of the latter,

3. In catalog handling mechanism the combination of a traclrway, means for conveying a catalogadjacent said traclrway with the cover thereof in the process of being fastened to the filler thereof projecting over said trackway and supported thereby in Yinclined position, insert feeding meansadjacent ysaid trackway operated in synchronism with said catalog conveyor to discharge in` serts upon said cover, said inserts being adapted to slide on said inclined covers into the crotch between the covers and the fillers to be therein held upon the closing of said cover.

4. In catalog handling mechanism, the combination of an insert feeder having a discharge chute, a traclrway adjacent said chute, and means adapted to feed catalogs along said traclrway with their covers open and resting upon said traclzway to receive the inserts from said discharge chute whereby said covers when closed are adapted to hold said inserts. v

5. n combination, means for causing open catalogs to travel continuously past an inserting mechanism, and an inserting mechanism comprising two means for supporting piles of inserts, two means for successively removing inserts from the respective piles, and mechanism for feeding successive pairs of inserts to a common point, for folding one insert about the other, and for delivering the successive pairs of associated inserts into the respective open catalogs as ythe latter pass by'.

ln testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature.

- IRWIN ROSENFELS. 

